MAHICAN AND MOHEGAN See also:

• MAHICAN AND MOHEGAN MOHICAN

MOHICAN  , the first two the alternative names of an important tribe and confederacy of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians of Algonquian stock, and the last a See also:

• DIALECTIC, or DIALECTICS

dialectic See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the name applied to a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch tribe . The Mohicans inhabited the See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson valley, and their domain extended into See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts . The Mohicans were called by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Loups (See also:

• WOLF
• WOLF (Canis lupus)
• WOLF, FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1759-1824)
• WOLF, HUGO (1860-1903)
• WOLF, JOSEPH (1820-1899)

wolf Indians), a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• MOHICAN, MAHICAN AND MOHEGAN

Mohican." At first their See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council-See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire was at Schodac, on an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island near See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, and they were grouped in See also:

• FORTY

forty villages . In consequence of attacks by the Mohawks, they moved their council-fire to what is now See also:

• STOCKBRIDGE

Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1664; in 1730 many migrated to the Susquehanna valley, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, and became absorbed into the Delawares . In 1736 those See also:

• LEFT

left in Massachusetts were placed on a See also:

• RESERVATION (Lat. reservare, to keep back)

reservation at Stockbridge, and called by that name . A few of these Stockbridge Indians, who may be truly called " the last of the Mohicans," are now settled, with some of the Munsees, on a reservation at See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green See also:

• BAY

Bay, See also:

• WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
• WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF

Wisconsin . The Mohegans, originally an offshoot of the Mohican, lived on See also:

• THAMES

Thames See also:

• RIVER

river, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, their See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county extending into Massachusetts and including Rhode Island . In 1637, on the destruction of the Pequots, an offshoot of the Mohegans, the Mohegans claimed their See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country too, and thus the territorial See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the two tribes was consolidated under one Mohegan See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief . For some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the Mohegans remained the supreme See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• PEOPLE

people of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Eventually they sold most of their lands and centred in a small reservation on Thames river . They have now practically become See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct .